2020 World Series of Poker Main Event

2020 WSOP Main Event - GGPoker
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 World Series of Poker Main Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k8
Prize
$1,550,969
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$6,470,400
Entries
674
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
246
Players Left
62

Day 1A of the GGPoker $10,000 WSOP Main Event Starts at 6 PM GMT

WSOP GGPoker Main Event
WSOP GGPoker Main Event

Welcome to the first of three flights in the GGPoker $10,000 World Series Of Poker Main Event which will start at 6:00 p.m. GMT today. This tournament is set up in a special way as it's an online/live poker hybrid that will ultimately come to a conclusion at the end of the year with the 2020 World Champion.

Day 1A, 1B, and 1C will take place online here at GGPoker on November 29, December 5, and December 6. Everyone who survives the first 16 levels on Day 1 will continue on to Day 2 on December 7. Those players will all battle it out until a final table with 9 hopefuls left who will then have to travel to King’s Resort in Rozvadov, the Czech Republic to play out to one winner.

Getting to the final table means that they will secure a bigger share of the prize pool but the champion will then get a spot to participate in a winner-takes-all $1 million heads-up battle in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino Las Vegas against the champion of the WSOP.com edition of this $10,000 tournament on December 30th. Whoever wins that one-on-one battle will be crowned the 2020 World Champion and take the $1 million top prize.

Players will get 60,000 in chips in their starting stacks with a small blind of 100 and a big blind of 200 in the first level of the day. Late registration will be possible until the end of Level 11. As this is a freezeout tournament, players can only enter once during the whole tournament so reentering is impossible if a player busts Day 1A. Level duration will remain at 30 minutes throughout the day and play will end for Day 2 when 16 levels have been played.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the first raise until the final river card has been dealt on Day 1A so make sure to follow along with all the live updates right here.

"juco" Wins With Aces vs Two Kings

Level 2 : 125/250, 25 ante
juco scores first knockout
juco scores first knockout

The action was already brewing for a while on the table and it all escalated in a spectacular three-way all-in right before the table broke when "juco" and "Bostero247" got their chips in preflop. Christian Rudolph looked them up with the superior stack and three premium pocket pairs appeared in the showdown.

"Bostero247": {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}
"juco": {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}
Christian Rudolph: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The {q-Hearts}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts} flop gave Rudolph some back door outs and that hope garnered more equity on the {j-Hearts} turn. However, the {6-Clubs} river was a blank and "juco" scored a huge triple up.

Player Chips Progress
juco at
juco
185,065
185,065
185,065
Christian Rudolph de
Christian Rudolph
18,406
-62,540
-62,540
Bostero247 ar
Bostero247
Busted

Aces for Reichenstein

Level 2 : 125/250, 25 ante
Reichenstein vs SqueezeAngry
Reichenstein vs SqueezeAngry

"xpf1" raised to 550 from under the gun and "SqueezeAngry" three-bet to 1,899 from the hijack. Uri "JimyT" Reichenstein four-bet to 4,935 from the button for the action to fold back to "SqueezeAngry" who took some time before making the call.

The flop came {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, "SqueezeAngry" check-called the 3,342 continuation-bet of Reichenstein.

"SqueezeAngry" checked again on the {k-Diamonds} on the turn. Reichenstein bet 6,775 and "SqueezeAngry" called.

The river completed the board with the {9-Diamonds} and "SqueezeAngry" checked for the last time. Reichenstein bet 14,605 and "SqueezeAngry" tanked. "SqueezeAngry" called after a while with the {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} for two pair but Reichenstein held the {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} for the higher ones to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Uri "JimyT" Reichenstein il
Uri "JimyT" Reichenstein
83,592
SqueezeAngry br
SqueezeAngry
19,529

Margolin Taken Out by Perouse

Level 3 : 150/300, 30 ante
Perouse vs Margolin
Perouse vs Margolin

Kristen Bicknell raised to 750 from the cutoff and Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse three-bet to 2,700 on the button. Timur "Avocado Love" Margolin took some time in the big blind and four-bet shoved for 10,891 which only Perouse called with the bigger stack.

Timur "Avocado Love" Margolin: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {a-Hearts}{6-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs} to not help Margolin in any way as Perouse held with the jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse fr
Julien "GiuseppeL" Perouse
113,786
28,423
28,423
WSOP 1X Winner
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
63,832
4,432
4,432
WSOP 4X Winner
Timur "Avocado Love" Margolin il
Timur "Avocado Love" Margolin
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

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Level 3 : 150/300, 30 ante
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Level 4 : 175/350, 35 ante
WSOP GGpoker
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Kolev Eliminated by "Jarttu84"

Level 4 : 175/350, 35 ante
Kolev eliminated by Jarttu84
Kolev eliminated by Jarttu84

Boris Kolev rased to 660 from an early position and was then met by a three-bet to 2,007 by "Jarttu84", which Kolev called. On a {j-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Spades} flop, Kolev checked and subsequently called a bet worth 2,005 to then check-raise the {a-Diamonds} turn from 5,114 to 14,075. "Jarttu84" moved all-in for 75,090 and Kolev called for the 23,516 he had behind.

Boris Kolev: {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}
"Jarttu84": {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Kolev had one out and the miracle never happened on the blank {3-Diamonds} river.

Player Chips Progress
Jari "Jarttu84" Lahtinen fi
Jari "Jarttu84" Lahtinen
121,425
64,427
64,427
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Jiang Rivers Quads

Level 4 : 175/350, 35 ante
Jiang vs Imertsaki vs Karmatckii
Jiang vs Imertsaki vs Karmatckii

Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang raised to 770 from the early position and Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii called for the 703 he had left from the hijack. Zhiao "KingChips" He called from the button and so did Vitaliy "99ImVit99" Imertsaki and Bryan Paris in the blinds.

The flop came {4-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}, it was checked to Jiang who continued with a bet of 2,049 which only Imertsaki called.

The turn was the {8-Spades} and Imertsaki check-called the 7,000 continuation-bet of Jiang.

The river completed the board with the {10-Spades} and Imertsaki bet 16,647. Jiang shoved for 44,694 which Imertsaki called with the bigger stack.

Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Vitaliy "99ImVit99" Imertsaki: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

No help on the board for Karmatackii as he was eliminated but Jiang scored a full double-up and some extra chips when she rivered the quad tens.

Player Chips Progress
Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang nz
Sosia "Aunty_Ninja" Jiang
111,584
111,584
111,584
Zhiao "KingChips" He cn
Zhiao "KingChips" He
97,870
14,700
14,700
Vitaliy "99ImVit99" Imertsaki ua
Vitaliy "99ImVit99" Imertsaki
13,917
13,917
13,917
Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii
Arsenii "kastaban" Karmatckii
Busted

Aubakirov Crashes Out Against Geci

Level 5 : 200/400, 40 ante
Aubakirov vs Geci
Aubakirov vs Geci

Daniyar Aubakirov recently joined the field and made it 1,040 to go from the under-the-gun position. Endrit Geci three-bet to 3,570 from two seats over and Aubakirov four-bet to 9,560, which Geci called.

On a flop of {j-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{6-Spades}, both players elected to check and Aubakirov check-called the {10-Spades} on the turn for 7,148. The {q-Clubs} followed on the river and Aubakirov open-shoved for the 34,838 he had behind, which Geci called with the superior stack.

Aubakirov revealed {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} and Geci scored the knockout with {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Gakuto "GACKT" Oshiro jp
Gakuto "GACKT" Oshiro
143,573
43,340
43,340
Endrit Geci gb
Endrit Geci
131,501
81,009
81,009
Mario Mosboeck at
Mario Mosboeck
58,160
58,160
58,160
Christian Rudolph de
Christian Rudolph
45,243
11,169
11,169
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
37,824
-18,239
-18,239
Daniyar Aubakirov kz
Daniyar Aubakirov
Busted

"HUMZIE" Skyrockets Into the Lead

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
HUMZIE vs Sundseth
HUMZIE vs Sundseth

In one of the last hands prior to the scheduled break, "HUMZIE" opened to 2,000 and Oyvind "Farsfigur" Sundseth three-bet to 6,056 in the hijack, which "HUMZIE" called. The flop brought {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{9-Hearts} and that's when the action escalated. "HUMZIE" check-raised from 6,124 to 25,294 and Sundseth jammed for the 107,948 he had behind.

A quick call by "HUMZIE" followed to result in the following showdown.

Oyvind "Farsfigur" Sundseth: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
"HUMZIE": {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The {k-Spades} on the turn provided some hope but the {10-Spades} river was of no help for Sundseth, who exited in spectacular fashion.

Player Chips Progress
HUMZIE ca
HUMZIE
265,913
133,346
133,346
Oyvind "Farsfigur" Sundseth no
Oyvind "Farsfigur" Sundseth
Busted